Tin Hau Kung Association of Leung Shuen Wan (High Island) celebrates the Tin Hau Festival from the 19th to the 23rd day or from the 20th to the 24th day of the third lunar month every two years in Leung Shuen Wan (High Island). A Cantonese opera troupe is hired to perform Cantonese Opera in bamboo theatre. The rituals consist of presenting the memorials, inaugurating the altar, offering meals to wandering ghosts and great audience, posting up the name list of the villagers, sea parade and the great offerings.
The management and practical work of High Island and Tin Hau Temple has been carried out by the Association for more than 100 years, promoting and inheriting this century-old traditional Chinese culture.
The Tin Hau Temple in Leung Shuen Wan (High Island), Sai Kung, has a history of more than 400 years. Among them, Tin Hau’s sea parade ceremony was included in Hong Kong’s first intangible cultural heritage list. Every time Tin Hau Festival, it attracts as many as ten thousand people to visit Leung Shuen Wan (High Island) to watch or pray. The media also extensive interviews and reports have shown that it is indeed one of Sai Kung’s key annual events.